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“Thank you for your inquiry regarding Michael Vick. Persons familiar with Michael Vick approached Habitat for Humanity Peninsula to ask whether he could work with our non-profit that provides low-income families with simple, decent and affordable housing. We evaluated the request but have determined that we will not have a suitable worksite available at the time of his release from prison. We have therefore advised Mr. Vick that although we appreciate his interest, we cannot provide him with this employment opportunity. Thank you again for your support of our mission to help low-income families with simple, decent and affordable housing. “

Could've been an opportunity for Habitat for the homeless to make some large strides in public awareness.

Get an ex-con on the building team who's well known and attract media to it as a "piece of inhuman filth, starts road to redemption" and spin it to their advantage.

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Can't wait for Vick to return. Haters will hate on Michael Vick, but then have not problems eating a hot dog or steak. Cows are treated worse in slaughter houses than what Vick's dogs were.

I'm not starting a Vick was innocent thread, but I've seen what happens to cows because I've worked on a kill floor, and no it's not that bad, they walk into a room and before anything happens to them a bolt turns their brain into mush and their dead.

Fight dogs are ripped limb from limb and when they lose they end up dead. They live a life of cruelty and agony so some athlete can feel like a big shot in his old neighborhood. He was guilty, he deserved to be found so, and he deserved to go to jail, that is irrefutable.

The falcons with him and warrick dunn regularly had the NFL's best running game.

Yeah, because Dunn was good for about 1300 and whomever their back up was, (TJ duckett for a number of years) was usually good for about 400-500 which left vick with about 500 yards to get which averaged about 32 yards a game.

Yeah the falcons were good when he was there as a rushing team, but when you've got 3 running backs and every passing play has the potential to go for 2-20 rushing yards it's not that unusual.

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His receivers also FLOURISHED once he left. He was inaccaurate, held the ball too long and was too reliant on his power.

Yeah, because Dunn was good for about 1300 and whomever their back up was, (TJ duckett for a number of years) was usually good for about 400-500 which left vick with about 500 yards to get which averaged about 32 yards a game.

Yeah the falcons were good when he was there as a rushing team, but when you've got 3 running backs and every passing play has the potential to go for 2-20 rushing yards it's not that unusual.

I think that first statement is more coincidence than direct correlation. Roddy White was in his first two years in the league with the Vickster and dropped passes left and right, that's not vick's fault, but your argument would assume it was. Vick wasn't a great passer, but he was a great playmaker who was developing as a passer, his last year he almost looked in control of his offense, which is the first and most important step for a young QB.

Are trying to discredit that accomplishment? They were a consistent playoff contender with an elite running game with him, the smallest starting RB in the league, a mediocre oline and TJ Duckett, the goal line back who wasn't good at punching it in. Vick opened the field up for that offense and if he hadn't been an idiot and let his homeboys run this operation in his name there's a very good chance he would've continued to progress as a passer and become the next McNair or McNabb, only faster and with a bigger arm.